DRAMA

William grows up on the coattails of his illustrious great great grandfather, Charles Darwin's reputation. Afforded an elite but constricting education at Eton, William starts to crumble. With his creativity stifled by elite expectations he falls headfirst into the escapism of addiction. After more than a decade he is able to overcome his addiction and make peace with his life by designing in a sustainable way that works for him.

FAIR

FIRST PERSON

Authors Writing Style: GOOD

Characterization: FAIR

Commerciality: FAIR

Franchise Potential: FAIR

Pace: FAIR

Premise: GOOD

Structure: FAIR

Theme: GOOD

Indeed the profile reflects the book accurately. However while Joy is helpful in getting William to make healthier choices through her support, it is still William's own internal transformation that ends up saving him rather than a third party like Joy.

The abstract philosophies about the true modern meaning of addiction and the concrete examples of the addiction cycle that William went through are compellingly wise.

The pacing and trajectory of the addiction are sometimes hard to follow without continuous rising stakes. Although the location changes with the addiction, the level of addiction seems pretty stationary for much of the middle of the story without getting worse in a way that causes change to need to happen.

THE STORY DOES NOT RELY ON SPECIAL EFFECTS

The hook is that the main character is addicted to drugs, but can only overcome his dependence by embracing his addiction all the way to come out on the other side. He first must explore the addiction in order to find out its root cause and then figure out how to fill the void of what he was escaping before he can withdraw from the addiction.

This could have a certain medium sized fanbase of fans that enjoy prestige dramas and 1960s counterculture. There are a lot of Western cultures represented as well as India and other Buddhist countries which with a sensitive depiction could draw a greater audience due to inclusion.

Depending on the way the depiction the addiction is represented and how the themes are developed this may garner some nominations due to its unique perspectives on the controversial topic.

LOW BUDGET

BASKETBALL DIARIES, THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE, BREATHLESS, THE JUNKY'S CHRISTMAS, HOWL, MY NAME IS BILL, RUSSELL BRAND: FROM ADDICTION TO RECOVERY

The originality of the story comes from the explanation of abstract concepts about addiction. By integrating them more fully into the concrete plot's depiction of addiction, the chronology may sustain more tension or be cohesive in a more followable manner outside of time sequence.

William is able to show that addiction is not the only part of a person and displays his creative flair as a beatnik and adventurer. He is strong in being able to cure himself from addiction and gainfully reflect on his own life lessons.

The philosophies offer a unique perspective on modern addiction and suggestions in how it needs to be approached in order to be healed properly. The concrete examples of the addiction journey are more common as the recovery only has one of two possible outcomes.

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WORK IN PROGRESS

While the story has many positive points, it has room for improvement (see possible paths below). If you can't change the story at this point, my suggestion is using your notes as a guide to highlight the best aspects of it when taking the next steps, either putting a pitch page together, a treatment, or a presentation.

Although the inner conflict is consistently being developed alongside the external conflict, by making the tension rise in a consistent manner the climax of choosing recovery will have a greater emotional investment and the moment will be easier to spot due to the heightened tension.